Hi Caren,
I ask participants to sign an image release consent form before they
create their photonovelas.  With their permission, I can then publish
their photographs on the web and via hard copy for dissemination.
In the case of the photonovels with adolescent girls, "Science Venture"
had the girls sign image release consent forms when they started the
club/program.  For my MA research, human ethics passed the consent forms,
but I was not permitted to publish the women's names.  I was permitted,
however, to acknowledge the immigrant organization where the research took
place.
If you would like an example of an image release consent form I can email
one to you.
Laura

-- 
Laura Nimmon, MA
Doctoral Fellow
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research




> Hello,

>

> Thank you for sharing the photonovelas and your website.

>

> Question: when using a participatory approach and photos of students or

> patients or clients, whatr sort of releases are required to publish the

> photos in a photonovela?

>

> Caren Fairweather, Executive Director

> Maternal-Infant Services Network

> of Orange, Sullivan and Ulster Counties, Inc.

> (845) 928-7448

> www.misn-ny.org

>

>

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> Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2133] information on photo-novellas

>

>

> Greetings,

> Inspired by Paulo Freire's approach to critical pedagogy, my MA research

> involved having immigrant ESL speaking women create a participatory

> photonovel about eating well in Canada.  The process of creating a

> photonovel was found to be a consciousness raising experience for the

> women. Furthermore, the tangible result was a comprehensible health

> literacy tool for this population of Canadians (see www.photonovel.ca).

> In response to the growing interest in using photonovels as a health

> literacy tool, I have created a new website at www.photonovela.com The

> goal of this site is to have a place where photonovels can be shared and

> disseminated more widely (the site still needs a little work and should

> be finished in a couple of weeks). Along with the great resources

> already mentioned on photonovels see also:

>

> Nimmon, L. (2007).  Within the eyes of the people: Using a photonovel as

> a consciousness-raising health literacy tool with ESL-speaking immigrant

> women. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 98(4), 337-340.

>

> James, S., Reddy, P., Ruiter, R., Taylor, M., Jinabhai, C., Van Empelen,

> P., et al. (2005). The effects of a systematically developed

> photonovella on knowledge, attitudes, communication and behavioural

> intentions with respect to sexually transmitted infections among

> secondary school learners in South Africa. Health Promotion

> International, 20(2), 157-165.

>

> Wang, C., & Burris, A. (1994). Empowerment through photonovella:

> Portraits of participation. Health Education Quarterly, 21(2), 171-186.

>

> Laura Nimmon

> Doctoral Fellow

> Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada

> Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

> Faculty of Education-University of British Columbia

>

>

> Hello,

> Photonovels, as many of you know, are a popular form of literature in

> various parts of the world. Photonovels, like comic books, carry a story

>> through visuals and brief dialogue. As you explore and think about

>> using photonovels, I urge you to consider a participatory approach

>> rather than rely on experts to develop the materials.

>>

>> In the late 1970s, John Comings and Bonnie Cain [then doctoral

>> students at the University of Massachusetts] were approached by the

>> New England Farmworkers Union to develop literacy classes for union

>> members. Unable to find appropriate adult materials for beginning

>> readers in English, they decided to work directly with the farmworkers

>

>> and help them develop their own stories that could then be used to in

>> adult education literacy classes. Comings and Cain were inspired by

>> Paulo Freire in this participatory materials development approach.

>> They used a photonovel format which, nicely enough, supports even

>> broader participation because members of the intended audience could

>> also serve as actors as well as writers, planners, and photographers.

>> Furthermore, the photonovel could illustrate local faces and places

>> and - in further extension, be printed by local groups.  Comings based

>

>> his doctoral dissertation on an analysis and evaluation of this work.

>>

>> Soon thereafter, Debra Roter and I worked with Comings on the

>> evaluation of a participatory photonovel focused on environmental

>> issues and then began to apply the same approach for a wide variety of

>

>> health related issues in various settings --  working with public

>> schools, building trade unions, and community organizations. You can

>> read about these approaches, the theoretical model, and our evaluation

>

>> findings in the following articles and book chapter:

>>

>> Roter DL, Rudd RE, Keoge J, Robinson B. Worker Produced Health

>> Education Material for the Construction Trades.  International

>> Quarterly of Community Health Education 7; 7(2): 109-121. 1986-7.

>> Roter DL, Rudd RE,  Frantz S, Comings JP. Participatory Materials

>> Development in Health Education. Public Health Reports, 96(2):169-172.

>

>> 1987. Rudd RE, Comings JP.  Learner Developed Materials: An Empowering

>

>> Product, Health Education Quarterly 21(3):33-47. 1994.

>> Rudd RE, Comfort L, Mongillo J, Zani L.    Student Produced Health

>> Education Materials, chapter in Matiella (ed), Comprehensive Health

>> Education in the Multiethnic Classroom, Santa Cruz, CA: ETR

> Associates,

>> 1994.

>>

>> Dr. Roterâ??s graduate students at Hopkins develop new photonovels

>> each year and several have gone on to develop and evaluate such work

>> in various parts of Africa and Asia. You can find the Rudd and Comings

>

>> Health Education Quarterly article as well as additional background

>> materials and

>> examples:  www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/innovative materials

>>

>> Rima Rudd

>>

>>

>>

>> Rima E. Rudd, ScD, MSPH

>> Department of Society, Human Development & Health

>> Harvard School of Public Health

>> 677 Huntington Avenue

>> Boston MA 02115

>> Phone: 617 432 1135

>> fax:     617 432 3123

>> web:    www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy

>> www.hsph.harvard.edu/sisterstogether

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